W.H. Tildesley

What W.H. Tildesley does

W.H. Tildesley is a UK-based drop forging and precision machining manufacturer that has operated continuously since 1874, placing it among the longest-running industrial firms in the Willenhall area of the West Midlands — a region historically associated with British metalforming. The firm produces drop forged and machined components serving three principal end-markets: aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas. Customer-segment and product-line detail are not present in the supplied source material.

Its manufacturing capability centers on drop forging — a process in which heated metal is shaped by compressive force from a hammer or die — followed by secondary machining operations to deliver finished components within specified tolerances. The firm serves sectors where component qualification, material traceability, and metallurgical consistency are baseline purchasing requirements, particularly aerospace, which typically requires AS9100 or Nadcap-grade certification and full batch documentation. Specific certifications, active part numbers, and current process capabilities are not disclosed in the input data, and the company's own website (whtildesley.com) returned only a loader screen during collection.

The firm operates as a private company with 11–50 employees and no disclosed parent, ownership structure, funding history, or financial results. No revenue, customer logos, leadership roster, partnership, or award information is available from the provided sources, so any assessment of market position, customer concentration, or strategic direction beyond the descriptive basics should be treated as data-limited rather than confirmed.

Name

W.H. Tildesley

Website

https://whtildesley.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1874

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

W.H. Tildesley is a UK-based drop forging and precision machining manufacturer founded in 1874, producing forged and machined components for the aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries from its Willenhall facility with 11–50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Forged and Machined Components

NAICS

Forging and Stamping (3321), Iron and Steel Forging (332111), Nonferrous Forging (332112)

SIC

Metal Forgings & Stampings (3460), Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541), Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAHADAC

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Machinery & Heavy Equipment/Machine Tools & Metalworking Equipment

Keywords

• Drop forged components
• Machined parts
• Aerospace forging
• Automotive forging
• Oil and gas components

Headquarters

HQ city

Willenhall

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

W.H. Tildesley manufactures drop forged and machined components for industrial customers. Its output is supplied into aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas supply chains, where forged and precision-machined parts are used as inputs to larger assemblies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drop forged components Drop forged metal components manufactured for industrial buyers in aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas sectors, used as inputs into larger assemblies.
• Machined components Precision-machined components produced for industrial buyers in aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas sectors, supplied as finished or semi-finished parts.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Direct peers

• Aubert & Duval: French aerospace and defence forging specialist producing high-performance metal components including closed-die and machined forgings, directly comparable in end-markets and forging capability.
• Doncasters Group: UK-based precision engineering and forging group supplying aerospace, industrial gas turbine, and automotive markets with both forged and machined components, making it the closest direct peer to W.H. Tildesley.
• Lehigh Heavy Forge: US custom open-die forging producer serving aerospace, defence, and industrial markets, comparable as a specialist forging shop serving similar high-specification end customers.
• Scot Forge: US open- and closed-die forge producing custom forged components for aerospace, defence, power, and oil & gas, comparable in customer base and forging-and-machining offering.
• Ellwood Group: US-based forging and machining group serving aerospace, defence, oil & gas, and industrial customers with open-die and closed-die forgings, closely aligned with Tildesley's industry mix.
• Ajax Manufacturing: US-based drop forging and machining company serving aerospace, defence, and industrial markets, directly comparable in drop-forging process and vertical integration of forging plus machining.
• Sheffield Forgemasters: UK-based large-scale forging specialist serving defence, nuclear, and power generation customers with heavy forged components, comparable in geography and forging-led business model.

Broad incumbents

• Voestalpine AG: Austrian integrated steel and metal components group with a significant forging and machined-parts business serving automotive, railway, and industrial customers, relevant as a much larger incumbent in the same value chain.
• Precision Castparts Corp (PCC): Berkshire Hathaway-owned global leader in forged and cast components for aerospace and power, operating at vastly greater scale than Tildesley but overlapping in product category and customer base.

Regional players

• William Cook Cast Products: UK-based cast and forged products manufacturer serving rail, defence, and energy customers, comparable as another long-established British metal-component specialist with overlapping geographies and customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/whtildesleyltd

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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